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bas***d relative of BMW makes the news!

This has gotten lots of attention on Ural forums, even ID'd the culprit.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDkLmU0U6D8
commentator: "37 years....and that the first time I've seen anything like that in a storm like this"

Back in the early 1990 I was on my way to work. I was living in glen wood springs. We had snow the night before with about a foot of snow. When I saw a guy on his bike with a side car waiting to turn onto main street. It Was quite a sight.

This has gotten lots of attention on Ural forums, even ID'd the culprit.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDkLmU0U6D8
commentator: "37 years....and that the first time I've seen anything like that in a storm like this"

Some of the newer Urals have two wheel drive. The guy is still a little off his rocker, though.

Well, the first ones they made were just one-wheel drive at the start of WWII, then they captured the plant that produced the two-wheel drive BMW R75, and then they were 2 wheel drive. By that time, the Germans were going to just produce the Zundapp 750, as it was considered a superior machine, but the military went with the VW Kubelwagen, much like our army went with the Jeep.

The DKW Munga was a 50's vehicle - I'm referring to WWII. You might be thinking of the VW "Thing" which was a later, updated version of the Kubelwagen (Schwimmwagen ws the amphibious version). Unless you can enlighten me...

Interesting that the very first prototype for the American "Jeep" had the soldier laying down on his stomach whilst driving, such that he could sneak up on enemies in tall grass and shoot. This version was nixed for poor driver visibility.

This, I would not have known had I not worked for Jeep and Dodge Truck Engineering in the past.